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6. How was the season for you player? What you expect from next one?

Season 78 for Brooklyn Physt honestly started slow. The showing was her first as the newly minted Captain of the Toronto North Stars and did not feel like the coming out party it ought to have been. She did manage to match last seasons point total of 29. But this time it was without significant power play time. Toronto certainly does not struggle with having too few Offensive Defenceman, but this does leave her “taking one for the team” as it were. Next season should see the Stargang push toward the Challenge Cup and that is worth more than anything.

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9. Written, 50 to 200+ words. It Has Been A While
Tampa Bay has potential to end the longest standing cup drought in the league, even longer than what San Francisco ended by winning their first cup in S76, and even if they fall short here they should be in position to be competing for cup for seasons to come. But even as we have seen some droughts end there are still multiple teams that have had to wait for more than 25 seasons by now. Toronto hasn’t won since S35, Minnesota since S39, Baltimore since S47, Calgary since S50 and Manhattan since S52, which of these teams do you think is in best position to end their drought and why?

Well all of these teams have been working their way back to challenging for it all. Given that Tampa Bay just lost the finals here, I think they’ve proven that they have the next best shot. The Barracuda have been building toward this moment since shortly after S65 with their current core and had their big coming out party this past ssason.

The next closest in my opinion is probably a tie between Toronto and Baltimore. Both of whom had strong S78 seasons though had different outcomes in the playoffs. Perhaps the Platoon have the slight edge, having fallen in the East Finals to Tampa. Whereas the Toronto North Stars lost in 7 to the Buffalo Stampede in round 1. In the case of the Stargang, they’ve made some moves here in the off-season to signal that they are serious about challenging for the Challenge Cup. The belief in their core and the continued development of their players, shows a massive buy in for the system and management’s view of the team’s trajectory.